This technique relies on anatomic landmarks that are easily identified.
25+ Sural Nerve Anatomy Ankle. Before the its bifurcation into superficial and deep peroneal nerves, the common peroneal gives off a small cutaneous branch called lateral sural at the distal third of the gastrocnemius, both sural cutaneous branches join to become the sural nerve. The sural nerve is purely sensory and it supplies sensation to the lower lateral leg, lateral heel, ankle and dorsal lateral foot.
This particular nerve is often used for nerve grafts and biopsies.
The patient lies prone on the operating table with the ankle, slightly everted, resting on a pillow so that. Short saphenous nerve), formed by the junction of the medial sural cutaneous with the peroneal anastomotic branch, passes downward near the lateral margin of the tendo calcaneus, lying close to the small saphenous vein, to the interval between the lateral malleolus and. , saphenous nerve, medial malleolus. Tibial nerve passes across what aspect of the ankle to enter the foot and supply muscles and sensation in the foot?
